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"The effect is solid and easily understandable. I find that many two-deck routines can get muddy very quickly. Such is not the case here." - Bryce Kuhlman

"A great rendition of a Classic, absolutely brilliant."- Doug Edwards

"This is the trick that got me on one of the largest T.V Channels overseas"- Devonte

The spectator is asked to choose between a red deck and a blue deck of cards. Let's pretend they chose the blue deck. The blue deck is placed inside their pocket (or handed to a friend to hold) until later. Great for walk around, as a different "thought of card" is possible every time.

The red deck is slowly spread between your fingers as the spectator is asked to merely think of any card they see. Keep in mind this is a 100% completely free choice! Without ANY funny moves the card completely vanishes!

Next you ask them to remove the blue deck from their pocket, they are surprised to see that inside is one red card, the mentally chosen card. Strong enough for any Professional act, Easy enough for a Beginner.

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on March 7th, 2013

Of all the card effects in my routine, Juxtaposition is the effect that people remember and love the
most. The impossible happens under the most fair conditions. What makes this effect so unreal are
these: the chosen card is a mere thought in their mind (no cards are ever taken out or even touched
by the spectator when it comes to selection), the spectator is the only one who knows the identity
of their card from beginning to end, and the thought-of card is revealed at the end when the
magician is ready to reveal the indifferent card. Under those fair conditions, the spectator's
thought-of card is vanished from one deck only to appear in another deck.

The effect is
extremely easy to perform. Devonte explains two methods to perform the effect: one method for
skilled magicians (and card skills needed to perform this method doesn't even have to be high), and
the other method for all other skills. When performing the method appropriate for all skills in card
magic, there is only one sleight that takes virtually no skill to pull off.

There are a
couple of cons about this effect, however. Other card effects cannot be done with either decks. If
you perform this effect first, you'll have to use a third deck for all other card effects. This
effect requires both decks to be set up in a certain way. If you begin to perform another card
effect with either deck, doing so will reveal how the deck is set-up. Another thing I don't like is
that the set-up involves cards from both decks to be in a particular order. Take note: THERE IS NO
MEMORIZATION involved to achieve the effect. This set-up involving cards to be in a particular order
is a one-time deal granted you don't use either deck for any other card effect. With that said, I
have dedicated these two decks only for this effect because it is inconvenient for me to have to set
the deck up again if I mess up the order. That means I have to bring these two decks with me in
addition to a third deck if I want to perform this effect with other card effects. Since both decks
are set-up in a particular way and order they cannot be examined. That probably won't be much of a
problem for anyone because the effect is done under seemingly fair conditions that they won't have
the need to examine the decks.

The effect can be performed multiple times in a row but I
wouldn't recommend it. Since one of the decks used for card selection is set-up in a particular way
and order, a person may be suspicious as to why he or she is always being shown the same half of the
deck for card selection.

With all these cons said, don't let them discourage you from not
buying the effect. I've performed this many times, and the reactions seem to be better than the
previous. If you plan your magic routine just right, you can get away with performing other card
effects with this included. You receive a DVD that is produced well. Devonte explains all the
details that may come up in real life situations. When setting up each deck for the effect, I
suggest you use brand new decks. Following along with Devonte from the DVD as he explains the set-up
will be MUCH easier with brand new decks, though it is not necessary to have brand new decks.

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on April 14th, 2014

Its not pratical. I dont want to say the trick but there is a lot of preparation, the decks are not
examinable and if you want to do more trick to the same persons, you have to change the deck because
its like you have a gimmicked deck. In fact the idea is good and the exokanations to, but for the
price and the reactions, its not a trick for every one. Spend your money to other card tricks

This is a very powerful trick, but it has many drawbacks. The first being you have to carry around 2
decks of cards. Second you must make the decks yourself which means you have to go buy 3 decks of
cards. Third the decks aren't examinable. If you want to learn the same effect go get Strange
Travelers or learn the biddle trick

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on June 27th, 2013

I do very little with cards. I don't have the skills. This trick makes me look like I do. One time
set-up is easy as it is fully explained. One of the reactions I got was "That looks like something
you would see on TV" I would recommend this to anyone even if you have skills.

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on December 20th, 2013

this effect is one of my favourites.
pros: very clear intrusions, very visual, I performed this
3-4 days after watching it and got some of my best reactions, and can be used for walk around and
table magic,
cons: the decks cant be examined(but that's not to bad)
I think that's about
all :) a must have for all magicians
David

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on April 11th, 2014

Juxtaposition is very good. Setup was a little hard to follow for me - but that's what rewind is
for... lol

Juxtaposition is one of those tricks that you purchase and are truly happy with.
Magicians with wisdom and experience will be able to add a lot of subulties to this effect as well.
Sitting here for only 30 mins., I added two sleights that make this a blockbuster.

Even
with no sleights done, this trick is the bomb. Get it, practice for a few hours and add it to your
routine.